Virginia "Jinny" Rose Baker

Sunrise Senior Living in Lenexa, Kansas. A memorial service will be held

in 2021.

Jinny was born on April 14, 1927, to Wilburt and Stella Setterstrom in

Elsmore, Kansas, She joined two sisters at home, Madalyn Marie and

Geraldine Caroline. They all preceded her in death.

Jinny’s early years centered around family and church in rural, southeast

Kansas. After graduating from Elsmore High School Jinny married Army

Air Corps officer and pilot Harold Baker. They were married in March of

1946 at the Friends Home Lutheran Church in Savonburg, Kansas. Her

wedding dress was made from Harold’s parachute.

Jinny worked at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas while her husband

attended law school. They spent several years in the Kansas City area

before moving to Bloomington, Illinois in 1959. After raising a family Jinny

obtained her GRI and sold real estate for several years. In 1983 the couple

retired to Hot Springs, Arkansas to pursue their mutual love of golf. In

2002 they moved back to the Bloomington area to be closer to their three

children.

Jinny was a devoted wife and mother. In addition to golf she loved

sewing, crafting, playing bridge, and taking part in church activities. She

was committed to those she loved. In the face of adversity and sorrow

she always chose to find happiness. Happiness was her habit—she

preached it and she lived it. We are grateful for her life and her example.

She leaves behind two daughters, Nancy (Jeff) Armstrong of Lenexa,

Kansas and Diane (Dan) Rector of Louisville, Kentucky. A son, Douglas

Hunting Baker, and her husband Harold Baker preceded her in death. She

also leaves behind five grandchildren, John (Michelle) Armstrong of

Kansas City, Missouri, Andrew (Bernice) Rector of Bartlett, Illinois, Jayne

(Adam) Carver of Fort Mill, South Carolina, Brad Armstrong of Durham,

North Carolina, Jenni Godoi of Boise, Idaho and nine great grandchildren.

Memorials can be made to Home Sweet Home Mission or Salvation Army

of Bloomington.